Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
ScotsDave said:
If they want to go straight ahead, why don't they simply get in the right lane and queue like every other bugger has to, instead of squeezing down alongside vehicles waiting to turn left 
MartG said:
If they want to go straight ahead, why don't they simply get in the right lane and queue like every other bugger has to, instead of squeezing down alongside vehicles waiting to turn left
I think education is required. Nobody takes a test to grab a bike and go down the road, however car and truck drivers need to pass a theory test demonstrating that they understand how a road system works.I bet most cyclists that get run over by a truck in the middle of a city can easily be avoided if they can prove that they have read and understand the highway code and demonstrate practcal application of it.
jamoor said:
I think education is required. Nobody takes a test to grab a bike and go down the road, however car and truck drivers need to pass a theory test demonstrating that they understand how a road system works.
I bet most cyclists that get run over by a truck in the middle of a city can easily be avoided if they can prove that they have read and understand the highway code and demonstrate practcal application of it.
We need to reintroduce Cycling Proficiency courses at schools. And the Green Cross Code man whilst we're at it. And Public Information Films. I bet most cyclists that get run over by a truck in the middle of a city can easily be avoided if they can prove that they have read and understand the highway code and demonstrate practcal application of it.
jamoor said:
I think education is required. Nobody takes a test to grab a bike and go down the road, however car and truck drivers need to pass a theory test demonstrating that they understand how a road system works.
I bet most cyclists that get run over by a truck in the middle of a city can easily be avoided if they can prove that they have read and understand the highway code and demonstrate practcal application of it.
Do jog on simpleton. On what planet do you think that 'understanding a road system' and 'taking a test successfully' would make a cyclist immune from the literally thousands of ignorant selfish fI bet most cyclists that get run over by a truck in the middle of a city can easily be avoided if they can prove that they have read and understand the highway code and demonstrate practcal application of it.
kwits who busy themselves on fking Facebook whilst driving, or cannot see the road ahead because it's hidden by the enormous SatNav stuck to the windscreen in their line of vision?Two HGV drivers closed the entire westbound M4 yesterday, bringing the A34 and Newbury to a standstill.
They will have passed a Cat B test, a Cat D test, likely a Cat D+E test, and will have had to demonstrate continuous training and development through the CPC system. Yet somehow two highly trained professionals driving similar vehicles at similar speeds and on a road where none of the traffic in their carriageway is attempting to go a different way collide, and close the major southern East/West arterial route for 8 hours.
Yet somehow cyclists (yes, I'm one, and yes, I also have D+E on my DRIVING licence, together with a [lapsed] hazardous goods ticket) are the biggest problem on our roads.
Serious suggestion time? If you can't handle simple hazards, like erm... ...cyclists... ...on the roads, then it's time for you to take the bus to a job selling pasties at Greggs. It really is that simple.
Shakermaker said:
Sparkyhd said:
Hand dryers.
Firstly we're no longer allowed to wash our faces because hand dryer nozzles either point downwards or are the slit (Dyson) variety which I can't squeeze my head through. Why can't we have the old fashioned ones with the swivel nozzle that can be rotated to the face?
Secondly the Dyson Airblade (slit variety into which you insert your hands) proudly states "the world's fastest and most hygienic hand dryer". This infuriates me! It the world's least hygienic.
I moaned about my shoelaces but I agree with you on most points. I can't stand the racket that these new super powerful hand dryers make, and much prefer paper towels when presented with the opportunity. Many times I'll just make do with wet hands for a minute or two until they dry off, rather than start the jet engine on the Airblade or TurboDry or similar. Firstly we're no longer allowed to wash our faces because hand dryer nozzles either point downwards or are the slit (Dyson) variety which I can't squeeze my head through. Why can't we have the old fashioned ones with the swivel nozzle that can be rotated to the face?
Secondly the Dyson Airblade (slit variety into which you insert your hands) proudly states "the world's fastest and most hygienic hand dryer". This infuriates me! It the world's least hygienic.
- You have to carefully insert your hands taking extreme care not to touch the sides (like some toy threading a hoop over a twisted wire) to avoid being contaminated by the germs from the previous user
- There's a pool of water which gathers at the base which, with the humid air blowing around, is a fertile territory for all sorts
You wash you hands under the tap, then the airblade fires up and blows any residue, contents of the sink bowl, soap bubbles and waste trap contents up out of the sink bowl and all over your general frontal trouser area.
BristolRich said:
The Dyson Airblade Taps are worse than the wall mounted dryers IMO.
You wash you hands under the tap, then the airblade fires up and blows any residue, contents of the sink bowl, soap bubbles and waste trap contents up out of the sink bowl and all over your general frontal trouser area.
Dyson's next hand dryer...You wash you hands under the tap, then the airblade fires up and blows any residue, contents of the sink bowl, soap bubbles and waste trap contents up out of the sink bowl and all over your general frontal trouser area.
https://youtu.be/-DTrWd2Q9cU
Cyclists who decide its a fantastically great idea to ride their bike down a dual carriageway known for being dangerous at 8pm in the evening when its pitch black with no lights and a barely visible high vis jacket.
Completely disregarding the fact that not just 2 weeks ago one of the poor buggers was creamed by a Peugeot at 70 odd mph and subsequently scraped off the road and put in a carrier bag to be disposed of. (I saw it! right in front of me!)
As a whole, cycling should be banned from dual carriageways, its bloody dangerous and I have narrowly avoided creaming one myself. The idiot was wearing dark colours with no lights in pitch black fog.
You cannot have cyclists doing 20-30mph on a road where other vehicles are travelling at 70-80, some over 100. If you drove down a dual carriageway at 30 in a car you'd be pulled over and charged with dangerous driving.
Completely disregarding the fact that not just 2 weeks ago one of the poor buggers was creamed by a Peugeot at 70 odd mph and subsequently scraped off the road and put in a carrier bag to be disposed of. (I saw it! right in front of me!)
As a whole, cycling should be banned from dual carriageways, its bloody dangerous and I have narrowly avoided creaming one myself. The idiot was wearing dark colours with no lights in pitch black fog.
You cannot have cyclists doing 20-30mph on a road where other vehicles are travelling at 70-80, some over 100. If you drove down a dual carriageway at 30 in a car you'd be pulled over and charged with dangerous driving.
Edited by AVV EM on Friday 9th December 20:19
yesterday setting off to work at the same time as the OH help her carry her laptop bag and a see you later peck on teh cheek she pipes up.....
"oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
"oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
Nom de ploom said:
yesterday setting off to work at the same time as the OH help her carry her laptop bag and a see you later peck on teh cheek she pipes up.....
"oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
Do you have a brother called 'Soor'? "oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
yellowjack said:
Do jog on simpleton. On what planet do you think that 'understanding a road system' and 'taking a test successfully' would make a cyclist immune from the literally thousands of ignorant selfish fkwits who busy themselves on fking Facebook whilst driving, or cannot see the road ahead because it's hidden by the enormous SatNav stuck to the windscreen in their line of vision?
Two HGV drivers closed the entire westbound M4 yesterday, bringing the A34 and Newbury to a standstill.
They will have passed a Cat B test, a Cat D test, likely a Cat D+E test, and will have had to demonstrate continuous training and development through the CPC system. Yet somehow two highly trained professionals driving similar vehicles at similar speeds and on a road where none of the traffic in their carriageway is attempting to go a different way collide, and close the major southern East/West arterial route for 8 hours.
Yet somehow cyclists (yes, I'm one, and yes, I also have D+E on my DRIVING licence, together with a [lapsed] hazardous goods ticket) are the biggest problem on our roads.
Serious suggestion time? If you can't handle simple hazards, like erm... ...cyclists... ...on the roads, then it's time for you to take the bus to a job selling pasties at Greggs. It really is that simple.
Crikey you have all of those licences and you don't seem to know the first thing about reading a road and hazard perception.kwits who busy themselves on fking Facebook whilst driving, or cannot see the road ahead because it's hidden by the enormous SatNav stuck to the windscreen in their line of vision?Two HGV drivers closed the entire westbound M4 yesterday, bringing the A34 and Newbury to a standstill.
They will have passed a Cat B test, a Cat D test, likely a Cat D+E test, and will have had to demonstrate continuous training and development through the CPC system. Yet somehow two highly trained professionals driving similar vehicles at similar speeds and on a road where none of the traffic in their carriageway is attempting to go a different way collide, and close the major southern East/West arterial route for 8 hours.
Yet somehow cyclists (yes, I'm one, and yes, I also have D+E on my DRIVING licence, together with a [lapsed] hazardous goods ticket) are the biggest problem on our roads.
Serious suggestion time? If you can't handle simple hazards, like erm... ...cyclists... ...on the roads, then it's time for you to take the bus to a job selling pasties at Greggs. It really is that simple.
I think you demonstrate your own point perfectly.
Nom de ploom said:
yesterday setting off to work at the same time as the OH help her carry her laptop bag and a see you later peck on teh cheek she pipes up.....
"oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
Get a wifi plug and plug the lights into it. Once you have both left the house use the app on your phone to turn them off. Or set a timer so they go off 10 mins after she leaves the house and go on 10 mine before she arrives home. "oh, I forgot to turn the christmas tree lights on, back in a sec."
ME: we're out. at work, why do we need the tree lights on?
her: when you drive to work today, notice all the houses that will have their twinkly lights on and how pretty it looks
me: when YOU get these other people to pay our leccy bill (currently around £1,200 quid a year) then yes you can have the lights on whenever you want. until then, they stay off.
her: grumps out of the box
me: goodbye.
yellowjack said:
Do jog on simpleton. On what planet do you think that 'understanding a road system' and 'taking a test successfully' would make a cyclist immune from the literally thousands of ignorant selfish fkwits who busy themselves on fking Facebook whilst driving, or cannot see the road ahead because it's hidden by the enormous SatNav stuck to the windscreen in their line of vision?
Two HGV drivers closed the entire westbound M4 yesterday, bringing the A34 and Newbury to a standstill.
They will have passed a Cat B test, a Cat D test, likely a Cat D+E test, and will have had to demonstrate continuous training and development through the CPC system. Yet somehow two highly trained professionals driving similar vehicles at similar speeds and on a road where none of the traffic in their carriageway is attempting to go a different way collide, and close the major southern East/West arterial route for 8 hours.
Yet somehow cyclists (yes, I'm one, and yes, I also have D+E on my DRIVING licence, together with a [lapsed] hazardous goods ticket) are the biggest problem on our roads.
Serious suggestion time? If you can't handle simple hazards, like erm... ...cyclists... ...on the roads, then it's time for you to take the bus to a job selling pasties at Greggs. It really is that simple.
HGV's are Cat C, D is a bus. kwits who busy themselves on fking Facebook whilst driving, or cannot see the road ahead because it's hidden by the enormous SatNav stuck to the windscreen in their line of vision?Two HGV drivers closed the entire westbound M4 yesterday, bringing the A34 and Newbury to a standstill.
They will have passed a Cat B test, a Cat D test, likely a Cat D+E test, and will have had to demonstrate continuous training and development through the CPC system. Yet somehow two highly trained professionals driving similar vehicles at similar speeds and on a road where none of the traffic in their carriageway is attempting to go a different way collide, and close the major southern East/West arterial route for 8 hours.
Yet somehow cyclists (yes, I'm one, and yes, I also have D+E on my DRIVING licence, together with a [lapsed] hazardous goods ticket) are the biggest problem on our roads.
Serious suggestion time? If you can't handle simple hazards, like erm... ...cyclists... ...on the roads, then it's time for you to take the bus to a job selling pasties at Greggs. It really is that simple.
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